Maybe you know this to be true from personal
experience. I've found it to be true myself. If you find yourself
among those deceived by alcohol, pray that Jesus gives you the power
to make 2016 a new year.

[Proverbs 20:3 KJV] [It is] an
honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be
meddling.

You don't need to be jamming your nose into
other people's business all the time.

[Proverbs 20:4
KJV] The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore]
shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.

We sure have
cold up here in Alaska, but you can't let that stop you from
working.

[Proverbs 20:6 KJV] Most men will proclaim
every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

Ever
notice that people rarely say their situation in life is their own
fault?

[Proverbs 20:7 KJV] The just [man] walketh in his
integrity: his children [are] blessed after him.

Being a
just man or woman does not necessarily mean being without trouble. In
fact, how you manage hard times may be a greater mark of your
character than you think. Walking in integrity has nothing to do with
what you own or how successful you have been in life.

[Proverbs
20:9 KJV] Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my
sin?

Romans 3:23 says all have sinned. Psalms 51:10 says
"Create in me a clean heart." Why did the psalmist ask God
to create a clean heart? Because man cannot do it himself. I can no
more create a clean heart than I could surgically repair it myself. I
need a heart surgeon. Jesus, be my surgeon, please!